Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2523, Moses Dunn, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Dunn, Moses
S 2523
CONTENTS
carded

See letter to Hon. M. Dickerson Dec. 10. 1836 - let to J. F. Randolph June 1 st 1837. Dr. to June 10 June 1837 do. to Hon. W. H. Randolph Nov. 17. 1837 - To same March 7. 1838. same March 9. 1838. same Mar 26. 1838. to same May 24, 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838, from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. - A/c to 16 Nov 1838.
New Jersey 30.888
Wm. Cannon of the State of New Jersey who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Freeman of the N. J. Artillery by Col. ... in the ... time for 9 Mths
Inscribed on the Roll of a ... at the rate of 15 Dollars - Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of ... 1836 and sent to ... ...
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1836 $247.50 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar '37 22.50 $270.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by ... Book ... Vol. 3 Page ...

Declaration of Moses Dunn, of New Jersey, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
State of New Jersey Middlesex County, ss. On this tenth day of Octo- ber in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty four, before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the coun- ty aforesaid, personally appeared Moses Dunn , of the County of Sussex, in the State of New Jersey, who first being duly sworn, on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832.
That he was born on the 27 th day of February 1758, as appears by a record of his age now in his possession, in the township of Piscataway, Coun- ty of Middlesex, New Jersey; That he resided in said township at the time and during the whole of the War of the Revolution; and that for the last fifty years he has resided in the County of Sussex, New Jersey. That, having rendered all his ser- vices in a company belonging to Middlesex County, and being obliged now to come into that county for the purpose of procuring wit- nesses to his services, and being quite as well known in Middlesex as in Sussex County, he has, upon advice that he might do so with propriety, made his declaration before the Court of Middlesex County, whereby he  consisting of the same convenience of all parties in the arrangement. He intends no fraud or concealment, cannot pos- sibly perpetrate any, in this course, and therefore

truth that no objection will be taken to it. At the age of sixteen, he attached himself to the company of Capt. Forrester, afterwards Capt. Manners. Capt. Forrester never was in service, so far as deponent recollects. His first tour of service was under Capt. Manners, in 1776, at the time the British were about landing on Long Island, & just before the battle of Long Island. He marched to Paulus Hook, & other places in Bergen County, and was 3 or 4 out three weeks. He was then his Colonel. He afterwards became General. He recollects of no further regular service until the latter part of the summer or first fall month of 1777. The British had in the mean time overrun the middle part of New Jersey, and for a considerable part of the time lay quartered in New Brunswick. He lived within what was termed the British lines, and not being able to do any thing effectual towards expelling the enemy, it was deemed a matter of good policy not to provoke him to acts of rapine or violence, & he therefore, with many others, remained quiet the moment, however, that the militia began generally to take the field again, for the purpose of attack as well as of defence, he resumed his arms. This was, as he recollects, just after the British left New Brunswick, which was in June 1777. He had in the mean time been made a Sergeant in his company, and from this time onward, he served as such, to the close of the war. Commencing his regular monthly tours in August or September 1777, he did one tour for a month under Capt. Harriott, traversing the country from Perth Amboy

to Newark, defending the lines from the enemy then on Staten Island; and, during the remainder 1 mo of the year one other tour of a month under Capt Freeman in the same service. Col Dunn, he thinks, at that time had the superintendence of them. In the Spring of 1778, he did a tour 1 mo of a month under Capt Freeman on the lines between Amboy & Elizabeth town, in guarding & defending from the incursions of the enemy; and for the remainder of the year three other 2 mo tours of a month each in the same service, on the same station, and under the same captain. 1 mo. and one under Capt Grace, at & during the battle of Monmouth, Freeman, where he was though always with one of the sub- ordinate officers of his own company. In 1779 1 mo he served four tours of a month each, under Capt Sedden, of Woodbridge, on the lines as before, and in the same service of defending the lives and property of the inhabitants. In 1780 1 mo he served at least four regular tours of a month each, and all of them under Capt Manning. Three of these were in the usual service of guard- ing the lines between Amboy & Elizabeth town, and the other he was called off to Springfield and that neighborhood, during the invasion there & battle, & the burning of that place. In 1781 1 mo he served at least four tours of a month each, under Capt Manning, in the usual service of guarding the lines, and on the station at Wood- bridge. And in 1782, he was out not less than 3 mo three tours of a month, under the same Capt Manning, on the same station, and in the same service. Indeed his whole duty, from 1777 to the close of the war, was a round of duty on the lines, except on the occasions of the battles of

Monmouth & Spryfield, and now I have a brush with the enemy in some part of the country, a few miles from the lines. His narrative is bar- ren of stirring incidents, & presents a sameness which, but for the historical & patriotic records of the state & nation, might well be supposed to be made up for the occasion. He recollects of no encounter with continental troops except at Monmouth & Spryfield, & what officers & troops were there it were needless for him to mention since all the particulars are furnished in the enduring form of authentic records. No old soldier can forget his beloved Washington at Monmouth, nor the conduct of Lee. He never, that he recollects, received a discharge from the service; nor has any other evidence of his be- ing an officer than is afforded in the testimony of those who speak as to his services. He refers that testimony, in corroboration of his own state- ment; and he furnishes the certificate of those who know him well as to his general reputation, & their belief of his services.
5 In conclusion, he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state. Subscribed known to me day of year aforesaid Peter B. Pennington Marked Dunn

Rev War
2523 INVALID.
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File No. 2523
Moses Desm.
Sergt. Rev. War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:—Vol. A. , Page 103.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Moses Dunn N Jersey Act June 7. 1832
Susp d . See letter to J. F. Randolph, July 24. 1835. Let J. F. Randolph 9 Nov 1835 " L. Cap 27 apl '36

Mrs. Dennis - - Coall has petition
✓ Jacob Neff -
✓ Mary Brown - See Letter -
✓ Rudolph Van Pelt -
✓ Peter Paterson
Rachel Stewart
✓ Mary Harriet Mr. Rawa's papers Mose, June 20
Be so good as to send me the above papers
J. P. Randolph

M c Randolph H. Hyatts

Wm. J. F. Randolph ADR

Review the case of Moses Dunn of N. Jersey act 32. He was pensioned but not for a sufficient time of service Report to Hon. Mr. H. A. Bedford W. Randolph

Paid to Usher 1836 Paid to Usher 1837 Paid to Usher 1838 Paid to Usher 1839
30.888

Mrs Dunn
Payments to be made at Newton N.J. by Pratt-Newton Bk. Co. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New Jersey
72573
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book 2 Vol. 3 Page 124 by R.R. Adair Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Abraham H. Kline of the State of New Jersey who was a Sergeant in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty Five dollars and _____ cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 3rd day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Six
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 13. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1833, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Moses Dunn a Pensioner on the Roll of the Trenton N. J. Agency, at the rate of Forty five Dollars and 62 1/2 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837 to the 4 th March 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Abdoo E. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Freehold N.J. Nov 14 1877
To J. P. Randolph
Com- Stille
Moses Dunn
N.J.
30888
L L Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City

Freehold nj nov 14 187
Dear Mr. Randolph
Com- State Moses Dunn N.J. 30858
L L Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions Washington City

Fredonia Nov 13-1837
Dear Sir,
In case of the application of Moses Dunn for an increase pension, which application was suspended for want of sufficient proof, I send you the enclosed affidavit please have the same attended to as soon as convenient
Yours with respect
Joseph Randolph C.W.

Hon. J. F. Randolph 1902
Hon. J. F. Randolph Present

Hon. Wm. T. Randolph Nashville Hon. J. T. Randolph 1902

Richd April 28-1828
Dr. J. P.
I will thank you if you can to send me a copy of Capt. Milton pay- rolls at Washington - If you cannot do that see if Peter John's name is on them & if so for how long a period - Also if you can obtain three copies of Capt. Legge Barnes Smoots payrolls - There is no use of my keeping you - at Washington doing nothing -
Truly yours &
P. V. Cornbury
Col. Randolph

Moses Bunn's Application for an in- crease of Pension.
L. S. Randolph Agent

State of New Jersey,
Middlesex County } ss. On this 24 th day of August 1883, be- fore me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Moses Dunn, of the County of Sussex New Jersey, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that having heretofore applied for a Pension under the Law of June 7, 1832, making a declaration, as he supposed, strictly according to the then rules of the War Department, accompanying it with such a narrative, and specification of his services, as he was advised would comply with said rules; although to the Department and with proofs deemed ample to sustain all the services for which he claimed compen- sation; he was surprised & mortified that he was al- lowed for less than half the services he performed, and made clearly to appear. He is therefore in- duced to make his application for a review of his case, and such a revision of the decision therein as may seem proper to the Department, and com- port with the equal and exact justice to him for which only is he solicitous. He respectfully refers to the papers already on file for the materials for such a judgment as shall at least double his present allowance, if not give him a full pension which he thinks he is entitled to.
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid, before me
MOSES DUNN
Peter P. Newyou Justice of the Peace

Mixed Dinner
Mathews
Hon. Jos. F. Randolph
Wm

State of New Jersey County of Sussex ss - on the Twenty ninth day of December 1837 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Moses Dunn of said County who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is a Soldier of the war of the Revolution that he a long time ago applied for a pension for his services as a militia man in the militia of the County of Middlesex New Jersey And after a good deal of delay he was allowed less than half a pension and less than half what he verily believes he was fully entitled to. Not feeling willing to relinquish any part of his original claim nor to forego any part of the advantage which the law providing for the payment for services rendered in the Revolution secures to him he has endea- voured from time to time through his agent to obtain a further allowance and being now informed that his papers are deficient in some particulars he makes this additional application for an increase of his pension with such emendations as he - understands are required and as he can give according to the best of his knowledge and belief his memory may not be precisely accurate as to dates and other such particulars but his statement may be relied upon as substantially true and that at any rate his claim does not comprehend more services than he rendered understanding that the narrative of his services up to and including the 1778 is considered as answering the rules of the department he will commence at 1779 In that year according to the best of his recollection he served one tour of a month along the eastern boundary of the State having Woodbridge for head quarters under Capt Dreadden in the service of protecting the lives and property of the inhabitants from the enemy on Staten Island In the same year he served another tour of a month in the same district of country and in the same kind of service also as he thinks under Capt Dreadden. In the same year he served another tour of a month on the lines in the Eastern part of the State also under Capt Dreadden in the service of guarding the lines as it was familiarly called. In the same year he served another and a fourth tour of a month along the lines in guarding from the enemy on the opposite

There also under Capt Smeden as he thinks their Colonels - during the year was Colonels Cron and Webster as he believes In 1780 he was out again in obedience to requisitions and served a tour of a month on the Eastern boundary in protecting the lives and property of the inhabitants from the incursions and depredations of the enemy on Staten Island under Capt Manning as he believes and Col Cron this was in the early part of the year In the same year he did another tour of a month under Capt Manning in the same district of country and in the same kind of service with Cron or Webster for Colonel - In the same year in June he served another tour of a month under Capt Manning and was most of the time employed at Elizabethtown and Springfield and there neighbourhood the enemy having penetrated into the State by the way of Elizabethtown as far as Springfield and there was met in battle and was repulsed he being with his company in the battle - afterwards in the same year he performed another tour of a month under Capt Manning along the shore from Elizabethtown to Amboy having Woodbridge for the resting place or rendezvous in the ordinary service of defending the country from the enemy on Staten Island - In the year following in 1781 in the early part of that year he was out again on this tour and did a tour of a month as he believes under Capt Manning on the Eastern boundary in the service of guarding the shore and defending it from the incursions and depredations of the enemy - In the same year in a month or so afterwards he did another tour of duty of a month in the same district of country and in the same kind of service also as he thinks under Capt Manning and Col Webster - In the same year he did another tour of a month in obedience to orders between Amboy and Newark taking the whole range of country between those two points in protecting the inhabitants from and their property this also as well as he can remember was under Capt Manning and Col Webster - In the same year he performed one other tour of duty of a month under Capt Manning in the Eastern part of the State on what was called the Woodbridge Station in protecting the inhabitants from plunder and destruction

he also did service in 1782 and as he thinks monthly true certainly on frequent occasions of alarm but as he is informed that the department is of opinion no monthly service was done after 1781 and disallows all claims for such service he will omit any farther detail. In all the services he has mentioned both in this paper and in his previous declaration and narrative he was acting in the capacity of Sergeant there was nothing very striking occurred in the service between 1778 and 1782 except at the battle of Springfield an account of which could not be of any service to the department in estimating the merit or ascertaining the truth of his claims. In all the services act- -aids he was acting in obedience to legal requisitions and with embodied corps of troops of from one or two companies to large forces as at Springfield were under regular officers and was subject as he understood and supposed to the rules and articles of war. He hopes that this statement will be successful in procuring for him the amount of allowance which he thinks himself rightfully entitled to and which has been awarded to many other claims certainly not superior to his.
Subscribed & sworn the day and year  5  1838  1838 Deacon year aforesaid before me
Simon McBoy Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey } Sussex County ss }
I Joseph E Eadsall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Sussex do hereby certify that Simon McBoy Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been taken was at the time of taking the said deposition and still is a Justice of the peace duly commissioned and sworn and further that his name above written is genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my said office at Newton in said county this Third day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty eight (1838)
J. E. Eadsall

or prospective, but from information that the War Department is under the impression that no militia tours were performed in New Jersey after 1778. In the case of Moses Durn, they are enabled to say, from their personal knowledge, and from a recollection now of his services, and their own, that he performed at least four tours of a month each in 1779; that these tours were in the eastern section of the State, along the lines, in the service of protecting the lives and property of the inhabitants from the enemy on Staten Island, and in the adjacent waters of Raritan & Sandy Bays. These tours, they believe, were all under Capt. Headon, under whose command the said Durn was in that year. In the year 1780, which was a peculiarly busy year in the State, they can also assert with entire confidence that the said Durn did at least four tours of a month each under, they think, Capt. Manning. Three of them, as before, in the usual service of what was called guarding the lines in the eastern frontier, with Lord Howe in Head Quarters, and the other at the time of the battle of Springfield, and in that service, and prior to it. In the year 1781, they can also say, as well from the historical events of that year, as from their own personal experience, that the said Moses Durn did not less than four tours of a month each, they believe under Capt. Manning. Though of this they are not certain, in the lines as before, defending the position from the constant depredations and incursions to which they were exposed from an

State of New Jersey Middlesex County 3d. On this twentieth day of October 1837. Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Isaac T. Dunn and Henry Stultz, known to me as credible persons, of unimpeached pro- bity, who being duly sworn, on their oath state- that they are soldiers of the Revolution, and in the receipt of Pensions as such; that they are intimately acquainted with Moses Dunn, now of Super County, New Jersey, formerly of Mid- dlesex County; that they knew him during the War of the Revolution, lived in the neigh- borhood with him, belonged to the same com- pany of militia with him, and did duty with him sometimes, but had an opportunity, from their proximity to him, and their great inti- macy with him, to be apprised of his absence from him every time that he performed. They also recollect the occasions of his service, as well as their own more distinctly, because said Moses Dunn was a Sergeant of their company, and manned out the men. They know that they did duty themselves very often - They readily believe three to six times in a year, up to the year 1782, and that they continued in service after that, tho' with fewer calls upon them. They are absolutely certain that they did duty, and all the members of their company, and all the mi- litia in the eastern part of the State, in 1782, and in the early part of 1783. They are induced to make these unqualified and ex- plicit declarations, not to serve themselves, because they have no interest in them, present

State of New Jersey Middlesex County 3d. On this twentieth day of October 1837. Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Launcer J. Dunn and Henry Sutton, known to me as credible persons, of unimpeached pro- bity, who being duly sworn, on their oath state- that they are soldiers of the Revolution, and in the receipt of Pensions as such; that they are intimately acquainted with Moses Dunn, now of Super County, New Jersey, formerly of Mid- dlessex County, that they knew him during the War of the Revolution, lived in the neigh- borhood with him, belonged to the same com- pany of militia with him, and did duty with him sometimes, but had an opportunity, from their proximity to him, and their great inti- macy with him, to be apprised of his absence from home every time that he performed. They also recollect the occasions of his service as well as their own more distinctly, because said Moses Dunn was a Sergeant of their company, and manned out the men. They know that they did duty themselves very often - They really believe three to six times in a year, up to the year 1782, and that they continued in service after that, tho' with fewer calls upon them. They are absolutely certain that they did duty, and all the members of their company, and all the mi- litia in the eastern part of the State, in 1782, and in the early part of 1783. They are induced to make these unqualified and ex- plicit declarations, not to serve themselves, because they have no interest in them, present

or prospective, but from information that the War Department is under the impression that no militia tours were performed in New Jersey after 1778. In the case of Moses Dunn, they are enabled to say, from their personal knowledge, and from a recollection now of his services, and their own, that he performed at least four tours of a month each in 1779; that these tours were in the eastern section of the State, along the lines, in the service of protecting the lives and property of the inhabitants from the enemy on Staten Island, and in the adjacent waters of Raritan & Sandy Bays. These tours, they believe, were all under Capt. Headon, under whose command the said Dunn was in that year. In the year 1780, which was a peculiarly busy year in the State, they can also assert with entire confidence that the said Dunn did at least four tours of a month each, under, they think, Capt. Manning. Three of them, as before, in the usual service of what was called guarding the lines in the eastern frontier, with Woodbridge in Head Quarters, and the other at the time of the battle of Springfield, according to service, and prior to it. In the year 1781, they can also say, as well from the historical events of that year, as from their own personal experience, that the said Moses Dunn did not less than four tours of a month each, they believe under Capt. Manning. Though of this they are not certain, in the lines as before, defending the frontier from the constant depredations and incursions to which they were exposed from an

even watchful, and most malignant enemy, always within gun shot of their frontiers. They are also clear in the conviction that the said Dunn did two or three tours of duty in 1782, of a month each, on the same station, and in the same kind of service, but as they understand the decision of the commissioners of Pensions, in regard  to an allowance of such claim, they are advised that it is not necessary now to par- ticularize each unit. They have been called upon to make this additional statement in the case of Major Dunn, to procure justice to a very meritorious man and an excellent soldier, and because they have understood that such a statement, from them would be more likely to accomplish that purpose, than being wholly disinterested, than of coming from the said Dunn, who might be supposed to be biased. Besides, the said Dunn lives some sixty or seventy miles from Fort Brannside, and it is not convenient for him to be called upon, or to come down. The respondents further say ridiculed from the day of in expectation that they have a year aforesaid, before. and referred to the tenor of the said Dunn previous to 1779, because they understand they are not controverted.
Peter P. Harrayon Justice of the Peace
James T. Dunn Henry Tutton

State of New Jersey, Middlesex County. I Nicholas Boorman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Peter P. Rau- yer, before whom the foregoing affidavits of James J. Dunn & Henry Sutton was made, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty first day of October Eighteen hundred & thirty seven
N Boorman clerk

Disposition of Jackson Ross to others for Moses Dunn
In Mariposa County Med County - Calif 6/40 Moses Dunn - £3. 3. 0

State of New Jersey Middlesex County } ss: On this eight  tenth day of September Eighteen hundred thirty five, before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, per- sonally appeared Richard Ross, Lewis Johnston, David Randolph, James Laughlin, Joel Drown, Henry Sutton, Joseph Safford, and J. Drown, known to me to be creditable persons, whose testimony can be relied upon, who being duly sworn, on their oaths respectively say - that they are soldiers of the Revolutionary War - rendered their services in the State of New Jersey, the principal part of them on the lines between North Amboy & Elizabethtown, and are therefore intimately acquainted with the nature & extent of that service. Woodbridge was one of the stations be- tween the two points being noted. It is the name of a town- ship, having its boundary on the Sound which divides New Jersey from Staten Island, & for seven to eight miles forms the eastern portion of the State. As the British & Tories had possession of Staten Island from '76 to the close of the War, the opposite shore, or Woodbridge, was peculiarly ex- posed to incursion & depredation - was the constant ob- ject of attacks in some shape or other, and consequently required unusual means of defence. Hence this township, with others adjoining, became a station for troops, prin- cipally militia, & was the point at which they were directed to assemble. The regiments were engaged in this adverse service. They were ordered there by the proper of- ficers of their companies, in the performance of the monthly tours which the law required. Their force ordinarily in that neighborhood, consisted of two to three companies, fully officered, & the whole under the command of a Colonel or Lieut. Colonel; and on some occasions, a higher officer. They were quartered in private houses & in barns - drew their rations from the public stores - were under daily drill & discipline - could not be absent without leave - and were in all respects subject to the same rules & regulations as the

Continental troops. Their general duties were to traverse or patrol the country for several miles, in order to prevent or punish depredations. These duties were performed in all cases under the order and command of their officers. Sometimes a part of a company was detached upon a particular service; at other times the whole was required, but in all cases, they were under the command of their officers. Their movements were always regulated by them at no time during the continuance of their term of service were they allowed to be employed in any other than military service. These particulars are given, & these explanations made at that time, in consequence of a representation to them, that a misapprehension prevailed at the War Department & Pension office, that what is called the Woodbridge service, was an irregular service, not authorized by the laws; and that the militia there employed, were not embodied corps acting under the command of regularly commissioned officers, & subject to the rules & articles of war. The deponents distinctly & emphatically re-assert, that so far from this being the case, this service was in all respects a legal service, performed by embodied troops, obliged to act under commissioned officers, & subject to all the pains & penalties of violation of the law martial. And the said Jackson Ross, David Randolph, Joel Dunn, Henry Salter & James Dunn, further say that they are well acquainted with Moses Dunn, now residing in Super County, New Jersey, and with Henry Freeman, of Elizabeth Town, & Jonathan Freeman, of Woodbridge, all applicants for Pensions, and well recollect that they were in the identical service described in the forepart of their deposition - that they served faithfully in the corps to which they belonged, and are, in the impartial judgments of these deponents, as fairly & fully entitled to the allowance provided by the act of the 7 th

of June, 1832, as any who have received such allowance submitted from the day year and before me the said seventh  month  and  day the said seventh  month  and  day in the date, before me
Jackson Pops Lewis Johnston Daniel H Randolph 9792
Peter P. Munyon Justice of the Peace
Gaines Lang Staff 17008 Joel Dunn 22893 Henry Tilton Joseph his  mark Lofield 17370 James T Dunn 22893
Middlesex County ss New Jersey ss I, Nicholas Boorman, Clerk of the County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter P. Munyon, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned therefor, and that his signature thereon is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
N. Boorman Clerk

32.971 Moses Dunn St. Jeneu
Under act of 1882
Amendment act of 1882 the said act of 1882
adm? by consent 9 mo Seryt 45. A
James Randolph Agent

State of New Jersey Mid le County ss On this tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Mid James T. Dunn, known to me to be a credible per- son, in whose statement implicit reliance may be placed, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he is a soldier of the Revolution and is now receiving a pension as such - That he is well acquainted, has been from childhood, with Moses Dunn, now of Sussex County New Jersey, and formerly of Middlesex County - lived a neigh- bor to him during the whole of the time of the Revolu- tion, belonged to the same company with him - Capt. Mannings - and served with him, they were not always out at the same time, not always belonging to the same class. Know, however, of the services of said Dunn nearly as well as if he had been constantly with him, from their proximity to each other & their intimacy. Know that said Dunn commenced at an early day, in 1776, and con- tinued to serve with unswerving fidelity and unabated zeal to the end of the glorious Strug- gle. From deponent's own services, as well as from his recollection of said Dunn's, he is ena- bled to say that he served as he thinks  constantly more than two years altogether - that he was out for the several times of a month each in the '78 '79, '80, '81 & '82. In 1777, as deponent well recol- lects, said Dunn was made a sergeant, and in that capacity continued to serve for the re-  the remainder the remainder of the war. From deponent's knowledge of said Dunn and from his own services From deponent's know-

leage of said Dunn, has no doubt that he will give a just & true account of his services, according to the best of his recollection.
Subscribed & sworn to the days & years aforesaid before me
Peter P. Brumley
Justice of the Peace
James T. Dunn
At the same time, also appeared before me Justice as aforesaid. Phineas Dunn , known to me as a credible person, whose statement may be relied upon, who being duly sworn, on his oath saith, that he is a brother of Moses Dunn, now of Super County & formerly of Mid st St. Lawrence - That although not old enough himself to serve in the War of the Revolution, he got distinctly remembered many of the events of that time - recollects distinctly of his brother's services as far back as 1777 or the commencement of 1778. Knows that he was very often out in the performance of monthly tours, and sometimes for shorter periods, on occasions of general or partial alarm - recollects that he belonged to Capt. Mannings company, and that he was for sometime a Sergeant in that company - This fact of his being a sergeant is the more distinctly impressed upon his memory from the circumstance of his brother's being obliged to go out and man the men when they were ordered upon duty. He cannot say exactly how long his brother continued to be a Sergeant, but he recollects to have heard him say that it took up a good deal  of of his time in warning the men, and  in  the  service . Knows that his brother continued there as long as soldiers were called for, and that was until 1782 or 1783, and has no doubt that he

1 1 Served in all fully two years, though he cannot undertake to specify the number of his times presented thereat. Subscribed thereat before me Peter P. Hargrow Justice of the Peace
Thomas Dunn
At the same time also appeared before me Justice as aforesaid Henry Sutton , known to me as a credible person whose statement is to be relied upon, who being duly sworn, on oath, says that he is a soldier of the Revolution and now receiving a pension as such that he is not acquainted with Thomas Dunn , mentioned in the foregoing affidavits, lived a neighborhood during the whole of the time of the Revolution, belonged to the same company with him, and served with him. Knows that said Dunn was a good soldier & a true boy, and that he commenced service at the earliest period of the war, & continued to serve faithfully, in answer to all calls, ordinary & extraordinary from '76 to 83. in each and every year. Has heard said Dunn's own account of his services and has no doubt of its entire accuracy & fidelity, so far as the impaired recollection of age can serve him. Knows said as an honest upright, conscientious man, incapable of making false representations under oath.
Subscribed thereat before me the day & year aforesaid
Peter P. Hargrow Justice of the Peace
Henry Sutton

In the same day also appeared before me Justice as aforesaid, Gabriel Mundy. Known to me as a credible person, whose statement is to be reli- ed upon, who being duly sworn on his oath saith, that he is a soldier of the Revolution and now receiving a pension as such. That he is well acquainted with Moses Dunn , descri- bed in the foregoing affidavits, lived in the same neighborhood with him, and belonged to the same company, with and served with him. Remembers him as an active, faithful soldier from the commencement to the close of the war, ser- ving regularly with the other members of the company & the neighboring militia whenever called upon. Does not distinctly recollect of his being a sergeant in the company, not being within that division of the company which it was said Dunn's duty to call upon, but has every reason to believe said Dunn's own statements on the subject, since it is conformed by so respectable testimony as that of James J. Dunn & Phoebe Dunn. Subscribed from the day of my appearance Peter P. Plumyard Justice of the Peace
Gabriel Mundy

We Greenleaf S. Webb, a clergyman residing in the City of New Brunswick, and D r Fitch Randolph of the same place hereby certify that we are acquainted with Moses Dunn, who has subscribed his name to the preceding application for a Pension; that we believe him to be in the 77 th year of his age, as he represents; that he is generally believed in the neighborhood of his former residence, where he was born brought up and rendered the service for which he now applies for a compensation, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed known to me this 12 th day of June A d 1840 Peter P. Runyon
G. S. Webb
D r Fitch Randolph
And the Judges aforesaid, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the before named applicant was a soldier revolutionary, and served as he states. And the board further certify that G. S. Webb who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, residing in New Brunswick, that D r Fitch Randolph who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. Ford Peter P. Runyon Thos. Hance

I Nicholas Boorham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex, New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings in the case of Moses Dunn an applicant for a Mandamus. I further certify, that Peter P. Rynveld before whom the subjoined & attached affidavits of James T. Dunn, Phoebe Dunn, Henry Sutton & Gabriel Mundy were taken in a service of the Peace as well as before the Court, and that the signature of said justice is in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at the seat of the Court this twelfth day of October, one thousand eight hundred thirty four.
N Boorham Clerk